The Iola register., 1887-09-16

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Gospel can reflte that
Tho greatest sermons are not preached on |
celebrated platforms; they are preached
with an audience of two or three, and In |
private homo life. A consistent, c0nse. |
Grated Christian service is an unanswerar |
BILE demonstration Of Gods truth.
A sailor came slipping down the ratline
one night, as though some thing had hap.
pened, and the sailors cried: "What's the |
matter?" He said: "My mothers prayers
haunt me like ghost" Home influences
consecrated. Christian home influences,
are the mightiest of all influences upon the
soul. There are men here to day who have
maintained their integrity, not because
they were any better naturally than some
other people, but because there were home
influences praying for them all the
time. They got start. They were
launched on the world with the
benedictions Of q Christian mother. They
may track Siberian SHOWS, they may
plunge in African jungles, they may hy to
the earth's end-thcy can not go 80 Tar
and SO fast but the prayers will keep up
with them.
l stand before women to-day who hav"
the eternal salvation of their husbands in
their right hand. On the marriage day
you took an oath before men and angels
that you would be faithful and kind until
death did you part, and believe you are
going to keep that oath; but after that
parting at the door of the grave, will it be
eternal separation? Is there any such
thing as an immortal marriage, making
the flowers that grow ON the top of the
sepulchre brighter than the garlnnds
which at the marriage banquet flooded the
air with aroma? Yes; l stand here as q
priest of the most high God to proclaim
the banns Of an immortal union for all
those who join hands in the grace OF
Christ. o, woman, is your husband. your
father, your son away from God! The
Lord demands their redemption at your
hands. There are prayers for you to offer,
there are exhortations for you to give,
there are examples for you to set, aud l
saw now, as Paul said to the COrinthian
woman:
What knowest thou. o, woman, but thou
canst save thy husband?
A man was dying, and he said to his
wife: "Rebecca, you wouldn't let me have
family prayers; and you laughed about
all that, and you got me away into world
| illness; and now I am going to die,
and my fate is sealed, and you are the
cause of my ruin" o woman,
what knowest thou but thou cans't destroy
thy husband: Are there not some hero
who have kindly influences at home: Are
there not some here who have wandered
far away from God, who can remember
the Christian influences cf their early
home? Do not despise these influences,
nv brother. II you die without Christ,
what will you do with your mothers
prayers, with you wife's opportunities,
with your sisters entreaties? What will
You do with the letters they use to write
you, with the memory Of those days when
they attended you so kindly in times OF
sickness? Oh, if there be just one strand
holding you from floating of on that dark
sea, 1 would Just like, this morning.
to take hold Of that strand and
pull you to the beach. For
tho sake Of your wife's God, for the sake
of your mothers God, for the sake OF
your daughters God. for the sake Of your
sisters God, come this day and be saved.
Lastly, l wish TO say that one Of the
specific rights ot woman is, through the
grace of Christ, finally to reach Heaven.
Mary, Chrst's mother, in Heaven; Eliza
beth Fry in Heaven; Charlotte Elizabeth
in Heaven; the mother Of Augustine In
Heaven: the Countess Of Huntingdon,
who sold her splendid jewels to build
chapels, in Heaven, while Q great many
others who have never been heard OF on
earth, or known but little, have gone into
the rest and peace Of Heaven.
What O rest! What a change IL wal
from the small room, with no fire and one
window, the glass broken out, and the ach
ing side, and worn out eyes, to the "house
Of many mansions" No more stitching
until twelve o'clock at night; no more
thrusting of the thumb by the employer
through the work to show it was not dom
quite right. Plenty Of bread at last
Heaven for aching heads. Heaven To-
broken hearts. Heaven for anguish-bitt
frames. No more sitting up until mid
night for tho coming Of staggering steps
No more rough blows across the temple
No more sharp, keen, bitter curses
, Some Of you will have no rest in thi
world. It will be toll, and struggle, AM
, suffering all the way up. You will hav
to stand at your door fighting back tn
| wolf with your own hand, red with cal
| mage. But God has q crown for you.
want YOU to realize this morning that b
/ is now making it, and whenever you wee
5 a tear he sets another gem in that crown
. whenever you have q pang of body o
soul he puts another gem in that crown
. until, after awhile, in all the tiara thef
, will be no room for another splendOr, an
l God will say to his angel: ''The crown
/, done; let her up that she may wear it.
And as the Lord Of right
sousness puts the crown upo
Q your brow, angel will cry to angel
, s'Who is she:" and Christ will say;
1 will tell you who she ia. She is the on
y that came up out of great tribulatiOn, an
: had her robe washed and made white
= the blood Of the Lamb"
t And then God will spread banquet, an
> he will invite all the principalities q
g Heaven to sit at the feast; and the table
+? will blush with the best clusters from th
Q VINEYARDS of God, and crimson with th
twelve manner of fruits from the Tree {
; Life; and waters from the fountains of th
9 rock will flash from the golden tanl
K ards; and the old harpers of Heave
: will sit there, making music wit
|. their harps; and Christ will point you ou
a amid the celebrities of Heaven, saying
); sShe suffered with me on earth, now v
9 are going to be glorified together" An
It the banqueters, no longer able to hol
o their peace, will break forth with congra
n ulation: ''Hail! hail" And there wi
II be handwrit;ngs on the wall-not such 1
/, struck the Persian nobleman with horror
i: but fire-tipped fingers, writing in blazin
,. capitals Of light, and love, and victory:
;. "God hath wiped away all tears from
faces!"
- PRIDE OF ANCESTRY.
N sone Sensiblo Comments ON . Rsrmle
, Human Weakness.
IL We all belong to very old families" U
le ancestry goes back to q remote past we
ir | - HAl.-. nho honnar and the PYin,